Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'Most Astounding Fact About The Universe' May Bring You To Tears

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http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tysons-most-astounding-fact-2014-11



Time magazine offers its readers a great series called "10 Questions" where some of the most interesting people in the world answer questions about their careers, beliefs, experiences, and more.

In 2012, Time interviewed Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson is an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

But you might know him best for his role in last year's TV series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."

Tyson is renowned for his efforts to communicate the wonders of the universe to the public. He does this best through his staggering social-media following and also on the popular radio program he hosts called StarTalk.



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[Enthusiast]

1. I think this is lost on so many. Way under appreciated.

The universe is in us. The heavy elements were created in the explosions of massive stars long ago and far away. We are comprised of these elements. We are star dust. It's a more profound sentiment than any words I have ever heard from organized religion—any religion.

Thanks, xchrom.

[xchrom]

2. ...

[seveneyes]

3. A warm thought in the finite confines of our Universe

To consider the infinite possibilities of infinite Universes can be a bit more humbling.

[logosoco]

4. We are star dust. We are golden.

We are all made with the same stuff and connected with love.

(People forget this!)

[Enthusiast]

7. It's incredible but true.

[belzabubba333]

5. cant see it the site says my user and pswrd are incorrect

[VScott]

6. All we are is dust in the wind.

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[Enthusiast]

8. Yeah! It's true.